Spanish.
But more generally, how to get into a routine for learning something. I have Duolingo and Memrise but I forget to open them every day.
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#52I want to learn how to even start a side-project. I've been out of university since 2012 and have done basically nothing in my free time CS-related. Every time I start to even think about doing something, that "why are you working while on your free time" feeling comes up and I immediately do something else. Not sure if it means I really don't love programming and Computer Science after all (entirely possible) or if…
The struggle is real and I have been in the same position... Procrastinating and just being lazy or dropping online courses in the middle... I just found out about a site liveyourlegend.com and I will try to use the tools they provide to find out about my true passion... I knew that I wanted to be a computer engineer since I was 15... But now I feel very behind in matter of experience and knowledge... Maybe it has to do something with these feelings also it could be a good time to do some internal work and try to know ourselves more....
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#53I would love to learn how to focus in one damn area of CS, I have been doing some IT Security but it's sooo wide and there are sooo many things to learn and ace and I don't think I'm Linux /programming /DBA /Networking / robotics savvy at any of these... I'm just confused about how to direct my career... Oh and I'm 35 hehe
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#54Spanish. But more generally, how to get into a routine for learning something. I have Duolingo and Memrise but I forget to open them every day.
For me I found it was easiest to cut some reading time down at night before bed, and dedicate 30 minutes to a Duolingo lesson a night.
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#55Spanish. But more generally, how to get into a routine for learning something. I have Duolingo and Memrise but I forget to open them every day.
Have to suggest my app: http://supercocoapp.com
Would love to get your feedback. It's designed to give you practice actually using (speaking) Spanish. Totally different from Duolingo, Memrise, et al, which I find unbearably tedious.
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#56Improve my skills in Solidworks and overall mechanical engineering design expertise, as well as electronics and manufacturing.
Outside of work, perhaps one day a week or less, I am planning to take some of my photography and turn in in to wood carvings using a custom automated workflow via commercial laser cutters. Allows me take the best of digital by working in vector, but maintain the satisfaction of an analog result by printing a tangible, physical result.
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#57I want to learn and play with LoRa. It's a 'IoT' technology that allows you to communicate over long distances using amateur (unlicensed) radio bands. Some of my friends have achieved distances of over 40km, and I'm curious to see what I can do with it.
So far I've been able to get a ping between two modules over a 10m range. Next up I'd like to transmit some useful data over longer distances (temperature for example), and then move on to devices that provide useful data (eg when a train passes a certain point to see if it's on time).
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#58Mindfulness. JavaScript. How to have fun. Not necessarily in that order.
You might struggle mixing mindfulness and Javascript. Or Javascript and fun. EDIT: yhea fine this was a bit insensitive and mostly a joke sorry, I wont delete as proof of my mistake. Javascript it's not that bad.
For what it's worth, I didn't find it insensitive.
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#59- I have learned the foundations of Node, React/Redux, and Docker, and in 2017 I want to get really competent and confident at that. I would also like to figure out how to use ActivityPub.
- I want to get really good at making my video tutorials about digital art.
- And I want to get way better at making my webcomics.
Re: Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017?
#60Mindfulness. JavaScript. How to have fun. Not necessarily in that order.
You might struggle mixing mindfulness and Javascript. Or Javascript and fun. EDIT: yhea fine this was a bit insensitive and mostly a joke sorry, I wont delete as proof of my mistake. Javascript it's not that bad.
Thought it was pretty funny and quite clearly a joke. No mistake was made imo.